The 206 market this morning
What does a used 206 ask right now?
With 17 for sale this morning, the Cessna 206 is the 20th most-listed piston type on Barnstormers and second to the Cessna 182 among Cessna types. 9 were listed in the last 30 days and 3 came down, about the same churn as the rest of the class. AK has the most of them (3), then TX (2).
Asking prices run from $85,000 to $749,000, and half of the 14 priced listings sit between $200,000 and $380,000. The median is $317,000, 210% above the piston singles median of $102,249; no other Cessna type on the site asks more. Age matters: 1960s airframes ask a median of $189,500 against $429,000 for the 2000s, with the 1970s at $352,000.
3 sellers cut price in the last 30 days, 18% of the live fleet against 27% across every type we track; the average cut took 6% off the ask.
Written from this morning's figures and how they compare with the other types on the site. It changes as the market does.
By variant
| Variant | Seen | Live | Median ask |
|---|---|---|---|
| P206 | 6 | 5 | $200,000 |
| T206H | 5 | 1 | — |
| 206H | 2 | 2 | $546,950 |
Only listings whose title names a variant. Median is over live, priced listings of that variant.
Asking price distribution
Asking prices as typed by the seller. "Call" and "make offer" are counted as unpriced.
Median asking by decade
| Built | Seen | Median ask | Cut rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | $189,500 | 17% |
| 1970s | 7 | $352,000 | 29% |
| 1980s | 1 | $375,000 | 0% |
| 2000s | 3 | $429,000 | 33% |
| 2020s | 1 | $749,000 | 100% |
Year is read from the seller's title, so 26% of 206 listings don't have one. They count everywhere else on this page but not in this table.
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Buyer's notes
About the Cessna 206
What it is
The Cessna 206 Stationair is the fixed-gear, six-seat hauler in the Cessna single-engine line: a 210 fuselage on fixed gear with a big Continental in front and, on most of them, a double cargo door on the right side that swallows a stretcher or a drum. It went into production in 1964, ran through 1986, came back in 1998 as the 206H with a Lycoming, and has stayed in the catalog since, well over 8,000 airplanes. It is the pickup truck of the family, and it gets used like one.
It flies heavy and honest, and it lands like a big 182 with a longer roll. Nobody buys a 206 for handling. They buy it because it carries what the seats say it carries, and because a loaded one on floats still gets off the water.
Variants that matter for price
The utility U206 with the cargo doors is the common one; the passenger P206 of the late 1960s has two front doors, no cargo doors, and is rare. Sellers list the model letter (U206, U206A through U206G) and the turbo versions as TU206. The early airplanes carried a 285 hp IO-520; 300 hp came in during the run, and gross weight went up to 3,600 pounds with the later letters. The U206G (1977 to 1986) is the one buyers hunt in the legacy fleet, with a TU206G asking more if the turbo and exhaust are in good order.
The restart 206H uses a 300 hp Lycoming IO-540 and the T206H a 310 hp turbocharged TIO-540. G1000 arrived partway through the H run, and glass H airplanes sit well above round-gauge ones. A 206 with amphibious floats and a cargo pod is priced as a package.
What buyers check
History is everything on a 206. A skydiving airplane has thousands of cycles of full-power climb and idle descent and a rough life around the door; a float airplane has corrosion questions; a private airplane is a different animal at the same hours. Corrosion inspection covers belly skins, tailcone, stabilizer attach, strut fittings and the fuel bays, and the seat-rail inspection applies to every year.
The fuel system, with its reservoir tanks and vapor return, has caught out pilots and mechanics alike, and older bladder tanks trap water in wrinkles. The cargo door and flap interlock should work as designed. On the IO-520 and TSIO-520, cylinders, crankcase cracks and exhaust condition drive the conversation; on the Lycoming H, ask about the crankshaft recall from the early 2000s and turbo hours on a T206H. Value-adding mods are the STOL kits, vortex generators, a cargo pod, long-range or tip tanks, the IO-550 conversion and a modern autopilot.
Who it suits
The 206 suits the pilot who needs to move six people, or four people and all their gear, or a load of freight into a short strip, a lake or the back country. It is not fast for its fuel burn, and it is overkill for a couple who fly to lunch. Realistic cross-shops are the 182 if the load is smaller, the 185 if a tailwheel is acceptable, the Piper Saratoga or Cherokee Six for the same cabin on pavement, and the 210 if speed matters more than gravel.
How much does a used Cessna 206 cost?
Asking prices on Barnstormers this morning run from $85,000 to $749,000, and the median is $317,000. The middle half of the 14 priced listings sit between $200,000 and $380,000. These are asking prices, not sale prices.
How many Cessna 206s are for sale right now?
17 on Barnstormers as of Oct 18, 2026. 9 were listed in the last 30 days and 3 came down. PlaneSnipe has tracked 31 since Jul 19, 2026.
How long does a Cessna 206 take to sell?
Not enough 206 listings have both appeared and closed yet to say. The survivor rate appears here once the cohort is large enough.
How often do Cessna 206 sellers cut the price?
3 price cuts in the last 30 days against 17 live listings, averaging 6% off the previous ask. Cuts are logged when the asking price drops between two consecutive mornings.
Last 30 days
Which 206 sellers cut their price in the last 30 days?
| Aircraft | Where | Listed | Asking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 P206Oct 16 | ID | 91 d | $210,000$200,000−5% |
| 1965 P206Oct 8 | ID | 91 d | $230,000$210,000−9% |
| 2021 Cessna 206Oct 2 | GA | 22 d | $795,500$749,000−6% |
For sale now
Which 206s are for sale right now?
Newest first. Days listed is counted from the morning we first saw the ad; listings that predate Jul 19, 2026 show the day we started watching.
| Aircraft | Where | Listed | Cuts | Asking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 T206H Stationair Cessna | FL | 1 d | – | see ad |
| Cessna P206C | TX | 3 d | – | $179,000 |
| (2) New Cessna 206 Discs | NJ | 10 d | – | $225 |
| 1974 Cessna 206 | AK | 12 d | – | $380,000 |
| 2006 Turbo 206H Amphib | — | 15 d | – | $680,000 |
| C206 Amphibien | AK | 17 d | – | $350,000 |
| 1974 Cessna 206 | — | 22 d | – | $352,000 |
| 2021 Cessna 206 | GA | 22 d | 1 | $749,000 |
| 1966 Cessna P206 Project - Air | — | 25 d | – | $85,000 |
| *incredible!* 1965 Cessna P206 | NV | 35 d | – | $284,000 |
| Cessna 206 Amphib | AK | 45 d | – | $425,000 |
| 1966 Cessna P206 | TX | 49 d | – | $225,000 |
| 1967 Cessna P206 Stationair | CA | 58 d | – | $179,000 |
| 1967 Cessna U206 Stationair | AR | 73 d | – | $265,000 |
| 2003 Cessna 206H | MD | 88 d | 1 | $413,900 |
| 1965 P206 | ID | 91 d | 2 | $200,000 |
| 1980 Cessna 206 G Amphibian | — | 91 d | – | see ad |
Cross-shop
What else does a 206 buyer look at?
Other Cessna types with a page here, then the same class at a similar asking price.
Geography and method
Where are the 206s, and how are they counted?
Where they are
How we count
Barnstormers piston categories are read once a day. A listing is "delisted" after it is missing on two consecutive mornings. Days listed starts the morning we first saw the ad, so listings that predate Jul 19, 2026 are excluded from time-on-market figures. Prices are asking prices as typed by the seller. Nothing here is an appraisal. Full methodology.